Railway cross-tie.



s. A. FASSET}? 1&6; MOGULLOUGH.

RAILWAY OEQSE TIE.

APPLIGATIOI? FILED MAY 1a, 1911.

Patented Aug; 8, 19111" 999,?&

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CROSS-TIE.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Application filed May 13, 1911. Serial No. 626,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SHERMAN A. FAS- snr'r and Grim MoCULLoUsH, citizens of the United States, residing at Harris, in the county of Sullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Cross-Ties, of which the vfollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway ties and has for its object to improve the construction of cross ties and to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive one of great strength and durability, which will not be affected by moisture and which will form a firm but elastic support for the rails.

A further object is to provide a tie of this character which will possess advantages in points of efliciency, diiraloility, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is atop plan view of a cross-tie constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, one end of the tie being in section; and Figs. 3 and 4: are detail perspective views of the rail clamping members.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates the ends of a cross-tie comprising cement lol ocks constructed of any suitable plastic material such as concrete, etc. and are preferably strengthened by longitudinal wires or rods 2, which are embedded in the plastic material and having their central portion bent so as to be disposed in the plastic material adjacent to the lower faces of the blocks.

The blocks 1 are to be made somewhat smaller at their inner ends (and thicker and wider at their outer ends so that when ballastis tamped around it and between the inner ends it will hold the track in line and in making the blocks thicker at their outer ends it makes the tie bed slope outwardly which will give the water that gets under the tie a chance to drain out.

Secured to the outer ends of the blocks 1 are the plates 3, which are secured to the blocks-by having an enlarged rectangular plate 4: formed on their outer ends and bent dOVIlyfll'ld secured to the end of the blocks 1 by having the outer end of the rods 2 passing through the plates t and nuts 5 threaded on their outer ends to hold the plates 4 rigidly againstithe end of the blocks. The inner ends of each of the plates 3 arebent upwardly and looped upon themselves to form a rail brace 5 which engages over the, flange of the rail 6' and having its u'pper'end disposed under and in contact with the head of the rail, and the free end of said plate is bolted down upon the upper side thereof by means of the bolt 7 passing therethrough and through the tie.

Locking plates 8 are adjustably mounted upon the top side of the ends 1, having their inner ends bent upon themselves to form a clamp 9 to engage over the inner flange of the rail, thesides of each of said plates be ing looped upon themselves to form the sleeves 10 which are adapted to be disposed in the longitudinal grooves 11 formed in the .top edges of the-ends 1. These plates are adjusted and securely held tightly up against the flange of the rail by means of the bolts 12 disposed through the sleeves 10 and having their outer ends passed through the plates 4 and the nuts 13 threaded thereon.

The inner ends of the tie blocks 1 are ads j ustably secured together by having the plates 1 f rigidly secured to the inner ends of said blocks by means of the inner ends of the rods 2 passing throughsaid plates and the nuts 15 threaded thereon. of the plat-es 1 1 are looped upon themselves and secured down by the nuts 15 threaded onthe inner ends of the rods 2, thus forming a sleeve which provides the two knuckles 16. Linking members 17 are provided to connect the inner ends of the blocks 1, said members being provided at one end with the sockets 18 comprising means by which the members 17 are pivotally mounted to the inner ends of the blocks, the sockets 18 are disposed between the knuckles 16 and a headed pin 19 is passed through said sockets and knuckles and held therein by means of a cotter pin 20.

I The linking members 17 are provided on their contacting faces with the serrations 21 and are held tightly together by means The free ends .to adjust the gage of the rails.

of the bolts 22 passing through said members. These linking members are .ovided A longitudinal groove 23 is formed in the top of the blocks 1 at their inner ends, adapted to receive a heavy flat steel spring 24; having its ends disposed under and in contact with the locking plates 8, and the central portion of the spring 24: is disposed between the two knuckles 16 on the plate 14: and under the linking members 17, thus it will be seen that when there is no weight or pressure on the ties, the spring M will tend to hold the ties in a normal position as shown in Fig. 2 and will also give elasticity to the ties thereby making a springy road bed. After the cars have passed over the rails the spring 24 Will have a tendency to bring the ties back into their normal position, in case passing cars might cause them to get out of line. The spring 24: is adapted to give elasticity to the blocks when under weight of passing cars.

While we have shown and described the preferred construction of our invention it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying our invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features, or departing from the scope thereof.

Having thus described our invention we claim:

1. A railway tie comprising a pair of blocks constructed of plastic material, link- .ing members pivoted to the inner ends of said blocks for adjustably connecting the same, serrations formed on the contact faces of said members, bolts passing through said members for clamping them tightly together, means for clamping the rails to the top of said blocksand yielding means for retaining said blocks in a substantially horizontal position.

2. A railway tie comprising pivotally connected plastic blocks, plates secured to the top of said blocks, said plates having their inner ends looped upon themselves to form a rail brace, locking plates adjust-ably mounted upon said blocks and engaging over the flange of the rails, means for clamp- 111g said plates to the flange of the rails, and yielding means for retaining said blocks in a substantially horizontal position.

3.- A railway tie comprising a pair of tapering blocks constructed of plastic material, linking members pivotally mounted on the inner ends of said blocks for adjustably connecting the same, clampiig members secured to the top of said blocks for clamping the rails thereto, and means for retaining said blocks in a substantially horizontal position. 4

4:. A railway tie comprising a pair of tapering blocks constructed of plastic material, platesrigidly secured to the inner ends of said blocks, knuckles formed thereon and disposed above the inner ends of said blocks, linking members to adjustaoly connect the inner ends of said blocks, sockets formed on one end of said members and disposed between the knuckles formed on said plates, headed pins disposed in said sockets. and knuckles, means for securing said pins there in, serrations formed on the contacting faces of said members, bolts for rigidly clamping said contacting faces together, and yielding means for retaining said blocks in a substantially horizontal position.

5. A railway tie comprising a pair oftapering blocks constructed of plastic mate rial, linking members pivoted to the inner ends of said blocks for adjustably connect- SHERMAN A. FASSETT. GIRD MGCULLOUGH.

lVitnesses:

J. H. Morons, W. H. BLACK. 

